Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids Tryathlon Coming to North Shore

Local kids
aged 7 to 15 years are invited to register to take part in
the North Shore Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon, on 14
April at Woodall Park.

Famous sporting celebrities
including, Alison Shanks, Maddie Dillon and Cameron Brown
will be attending the North Shore Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon
event this year to support and encourage participants to
achieve a personal best.

Pierre van Heerden, General
Manager for Sanitarium Health & Wellbeing Company says the
Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon is suitable for children of all
levels as it focuses on encouraging kids to participate,
have fun and do their best.

“The Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon
event is fun for the whole family, it encourages children
aged 7-15 years to achieve a personal best and the
atmosphere and crowd on the day is very exciting for
everyone involved” says Mr van Heerden.

Every child who
participates receives a race pack, a race T-shirt, a swim
cap for all swimmers, a certificate and a medal.

Over the
past 21 years more than 240,000 New Zealand children have
taken part in a Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon including New
Zealand sporting heroes, Alison Shanks, Andrea Hewitt and
Sarah Walker.

Kiwi kids can enter the Weet-Bix Kids
TRYathlon as individuals, or in a team of two or three. The
North Shore event has a limited number of places available,
so schools and individuals who want to be involved should
get in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

To
ensure even more Kiwi Kids can take part in the Weet-Bix
Kids TRYathlon and Go for Gold, Weet-Bix has set up the
Weet-Bix Foundation. Teachers and community leaders can
apply for support from the Foundation on behalf of a child
between the ages of 7 to 15.

The Weet-Bix Foundation
provides worthy nominees with a subsidy or complete funding
of Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon entry fees, as well as a subsidy
or complete funding of necessary equipment to complete the
event.

Registrations for the 2013 Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon
Series and nominations for Weet-Bix TRYathlon Foundation can
be completed online at http://tryathlon.weetbix.co.nz/ or by
calling 09 531
5080.

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